Home / Topics / Leadership Quotes

Leadership Quotes

Browse 7999 quotes about Leadership.

Leadership Quotes

“You could wait for the world to invite you to the banquet and the ball. Or you could just show up in your red dress and your headdress ready to boogie.”

World Shows Opportunity Waiting Leadership Ready Red Balls Dresses Invites Banquets Boogie

Book:This Time I Dance!: Trusting the Journey of Creating the Work You Love

Source: This Time I Dance!: Trusting the Journey of Creating the Work You Love

“An effective leader is willing to think about what's happening and how to understand what's going on. Facilitating flow and making others more conscious of it, the leader communicates an awareness of process to the group, making them more aware of their energies and options. One important principle is to keep track of who has not spoken. ... It's also important to notice when people do speak out but are not heard. Effective leaders practice patience, reminding themselves to wait and observe, remembering that there's always more going on in a group than we're consciously aware of.”

“You know, I've never believed, in anything, that you had to have role models who looked like you to do something. If I'd been waiting for a black, female, soviet specialist role model, I'd be still waiting.”

Ifs Knows Stills Wisdom Waiting Black Leadership Work Roles History Policy Like You Equal Models Female Individuality Ideology Role Models Soviet Foreign Policy Equal Rights Specialists

Author:Condoleezza Rice

“You know, my father was a great encouragement for me because he spoke out for women's rights, he spoke out for girl's education. And at that time I said that why should I wait for someone else, why should I be looking to the government, to the army that they would help us? Why don't I raise my voice, why don't we speak up for our rights?”

“When a highly successful leader retires after a long career, it is very unlikely that his successor will be of comparable caliber. Anyone of similar ability and drive would have gone somewhere else, instead of waiting in the wings for years for a chance to show his own leadership.”

Years Long Shows Waiting Leadership Chance Ability Leader Careers Gone Successful Wings Retiring Unlikely Somewhere Else Successors Caliber Long Careers Successful Leaders

Author:Thomas Sowell

“At the moment people get on boats because they flee terror at home and believe the many years' long wait in UNHCR camps is not a valid option, especially if they have children in their care. After the Vietnam War, Australia took a larger humanitarian intake than at any other period in our history. The Australian community accepted that. They were told why we needed to do it, and why it was the only ethical decent policy that a wealthy advanced country should adopt.”

“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”

“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.”

“He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.”

Art War Lying Waiting Leadership Enemy Strength Warrior Art Of War Prudent Samurai War Strategy

Author:Sun Tzu

“I needed to do my current job well, keep preparing, and wait on God's timing. I needed to trust His leadership rather than try to force an outcome I wanted.”

Trying Wells Wanted Jobs Force Waiting Leadership Football Needed Currents Outcomes Nfl Timing Preparing Inspiring Football

Book:Quiet Strength: A Memoir

Source: Quiet Strength: A Memoir

“The world will not wait for us.”

World Waiting Leadership

Author:Bob Hawke